Mekhi Phifer

Age: 34
Born: December 24, 1974
Harlem, New York

Did You Know?

  • His name is pronounced "Meck-high."
  • Mekhi has a twin brother.
  • Mekhi has one son with Malinda Williams.
  • Mekhi starred in the music video for "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica.
  • For his first audition, Mekhi walked 40 blocks to get a snapshot at a Woolworths photo booth for the open-call audition. He beat out over 1,000 other young men for the lead role in Clockers.
  • Mekhi's mother was a school teacher and he says she was the reason he didn't get caught up in the "street nonsense" of Harlem.
  • He released a rap album, 'New York Related: The HF Project,' which he considered a "shout-out to 'Harlem's Finest,' the Halemites who are successful.

Movie Highlights

Love & Basketball (2000)
Mekhi was first choice for the role of Quincy McCall in Love And Basketball but due to scheduling conflicts had to decline.

Actor Credits

  1. ER: The Complete Twelfth Season (2010)
  2. ER: The Complete Tenth Season (2009)
  3. A Day in the Life (2009)
  4. ER: The Complete Eleventh Season (2009)
  5. Nora's Hair Salon 2 (2008)
  6. ER: The Complete Ninth Season (2008)
  7. This Christmas (2007)
  8. Slow Burn (2007)
  9. Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)
  10. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
  11. Honey (2003)
  12. 8 Mile (2002)
  13. Paid In Full (2002)
  14. Impostor (2002)
  15. O (2001)
  16. Brian's Song (2001)
  17. Carmen: A Hip-Hopera (2001)
  18. Uninvited Guest (2000)
  19. A Lesson Before Dying (1999)
  20. Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C. (1998)
  21. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
  22. Soul Food (1997)
  23. High School High (1996)
  24. Clockers (1995)
  25. ER: The Complete Fourteenth Season
  26. ER: The Complete Fifteenth Season
  27. ER: The Complete Thirteenth Season

Director Credits

  1. Puff, Puff, Pass (2006)

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Tennessee (R)
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